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Robert Charles Birch

Birch, Robert Charles, Private, 15312, 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
Born Bottisford, Rutland
Enlisted Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Resided Langwith, Derbyshire
Killed in action 12th April 1917 aged 28
Commemorated on the Arras Memorial

1911 Census
A colliery surface platelayer
Husband of Elizabeth, and father of Lillian Birch. Son in law of William Staton, a coal miner ripper, of 101, Scott Street, Whaley Thorns, Derbyshire

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(Photograph from the Derbyshire Courier, 29th May 1917, and article from the Derbyshire Times, 26th May 1917)

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